He had studied the policies of presidents in other democratic governments.

He was elected unanimously and had the universal respect of the country.

He made his advisers pledge not to argue about how the government should be run.

He could legally abolish all national debt that existed before his election.

It cost $15 million and doubled the size of the United States.

It included land that became more than a dozen states.

It extended the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean.

It gave the United States control of the Mississippi River.

The Supreme Court can overturn executive vetoes.

The Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional.

The president can fire Supreme Court justices

Congress can overturn Supreme Court decisions.

The War Hawks argued against going to war, but President James Madison did not listen to them.

Most New Englanders and people who remembered the hardship of the American Revolution opposed the war.

Many Westerners wanted to go to war to take Indian land because the English were protecting the Indians.

Young leaders in the South and West wanted to go to war to protect American honor.

Thomas Jefferson wanted the capital to be near his plantation at Monticello.

Benjamin Banneker chose the site based on Article V of the Constitution.

Pierre-Charles L'Enfant wanted to sell land in Maryland to the U.S. government.

George Washington chose the site because it was in a central location.